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Archive for June, 2009

1891 MEMORANDA

MEMORANDA
January 26th 1891
Fred Blackden got our team to commence work this morning hauling bark for Will Wilson.
March 26th 1891
B.F. Pierce, Esq. Came here today to acknowledge a deed I gave to Harden’s wife, Anna M.  Fulton and a lease gave to me and wife for life by Anna M. and Harden Fulton of the said [...]

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December 1891

1   Tue   Cloudy and cool with a SE wind. Hauled one load of wood in forenoon. Harden went to help Jim
thrash in the P.M.
2   Wed Cloudy and warm with a West wind. Quite warm and soft. I was home all day. Harden was helping Jim to thrash.
3   Thu   Cloudy and warm with a NW wind. [...]

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November 1891

1    Sun   Cloudy and cool with a SW wind. I was home all day. It rained in the night and showery today.
Perry O. Cox here tonight.
2 Mon Cloudy and cold with a NW wind. We was thrashing today. High winds and very cold.
3 Tue   Clear and cold with a NW wind. We finished our [...]

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October 1891

1   Thu   Clear and cool with a West wind. Heavy frost. I finished digging my potatoes tonight. Twenty
two bushels of Early Rose, my own.
2 Fri     Some clouds with a SW wind. Some signs of rain. Jim Cox’s wife called in tonight.
3 Sat    Clear and warm with a SW wind. I drove down to Gill [...]

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September 1891

1   Tue   Cloudy and warm with an East wind. It commenced to rain about two o’clock. Samuel Boone
and son left this morning.
2 Wed Cloudy and warm with a NE wind. We finished mowing buckwheat over the brook today.
3 Thu   Clear and warm with a SE wind. We finished mowing peas and oats below the barn [...]

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August 1891

1 Sat   Cloudy and cool with a NW wind. Quite showery all afternoon but we hauled in three loads of hay.
2 Sun   Cloudy and cool with a NW wind. Jim Rundlet and wife and Mr. Blackden and wife here on a visit.
3 Mon Cloudy and cold with a NW wind. I took a tub of [...]

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July 1891

1 Wed Clear and warm with a NW wind. A stranger by the name of Swim took dinner here.
2 Thu   Some clouds and warm with a SE wind. R. Bell and Robert Ford and B. Hawksley to supper.
3 Fri     Dull and foggy this morning with a SE wind. I took a firkin of butter to [...]

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